POULTRY NOTES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 30 December 1912, Page 7

POULTRY NOTES.

(JSj "Utilitarian,") There arc few vegetables mote appreciated by fowlg than green cabbage leaves, and where possible, especially if confined in a small yard or enclosed tinder cover altogether, they should have thein every *lay, find as much as they will eat. The hard stalks should be cut off Jirst and all withered and decayed parts thrown away. To throw in the cabbages, ;ust anyhow, i,s not conducive to tidiness or cleanliness. Any species of cabbage is good, but for prolificness, clioumoueller is hard to boat. The Utility Egg Circle paid 01: - the rate of Is o:t<* hist pay day, with Id per dozen expenses. Nearly eight hundred dozen were put through for the month. A change is often good for '-veryone and the Utility Egg Circle has decided to change the depot, next month to the firm of Minifie and Gardner. The eggs will be despatched the same week they are collected, thus ensuring the Wellington consumers obtaining fresher eggs, this 'being one of the Circle's aims, to encourage consumption with a fresh and rebable article. The above firm intend 'o assist the Circle in every possible nwinner and members should do tiie' '• share bv dispensing liberal natronago with them. In a few weeks the first annual meeting of the Circle will be hold. It is to be hoped that' members will realise the value of this and ; roll up in full force, and bring with tl em fresh suggestions for the welfare of all concerned.

Now that the young stock are lonv!ing';'the brooders and requiring loss attention, they must, on no account, been neglected if winter eggs are wanted or even if they, are to be fattened off Regular cleaning of all the houses, and feeding at least three times a day. should 1-e en Forced. Oats, of a. small sort, .should form quite half of the wh")le grain fond given thein. They supply yond bone making material, and wit.Ku f - tV" 1 frame is properly developed, noultrvkeeners must not exnect the h°st vaults. The committee of the Auckland Conference i;s eradu-allv getting its affairs into ship-shape order. A -arge hall has been for, enpabie or holding six hundred persons. The Prima Minister may bp there, and cheat) excursions are to be held ?rft«r the business i.s over. As the busin ess of the Conference is expected to t.'ke fullv three days, and the excursions include trios to Rotorua, and the Government Poultry Farm at Ruakura, it means at least ten days away from home for those living at a.tiistniu>\ These annual Conferences are renllv the ! Moefs of noultrymon, inasmuch as tliev moan •such- a wide "atherMg from all the Dominion which cannot, but beln hcing both-instruct,iv. 1 ar.d, ititercsti.po'. Any poultrvkeener has the right to attend the sessions and members of circles alone will, have the right to join the. excursionists, but delo,2;tt es of Circles alone will have kbe right. voting. £ Tho&e who have jo'tied the ran as 01 poultrykeepers within the last year or two may, perhaps, not be aware how the conferences originated. The editor, Mr Morrett. of the New Zealand Poultry Jcnirnal, was the first we believe, to agitate .in his columns, some fcix or seven years ago, but no. on" appeared to assist him until the writer of these notes foresaw the advantages to be derived from them, and he, from time to time,, wrote ss a poult ryma.n, .advocating for the work to be carried out. The result being that it was not long after, when Mr ! "Vrorrett, the writer, and Mr Knight, 'in ron in notion with Mr Brown, Go - t •naicnt Poultry Inssructor, were appointed' to draw tip a progra-mtae as a !'" : de to the first{ conference, held m November, two yea,rj? ago, in Wellington. The history of that conference is now too .well- known to repeat, but che. results were most encouraging to the promoters and this, the third coming conference next Easter. In .Auckland.'premises to surpass both the other two, in every respect. One feature i < still lacking, namely, want of more general support from the various circles throughout the Dominion. At present they arc divided, even lik* unto the. La);our Party, and necessarily this causes delay in progress. What is urgently .required is for all the circles to at once affiliate with the Poultry Association, send their various delegates, and forward remits.

A persistent hirdnester— n poultrykeeper. What miisi" ehouhl I>e.sweeter to a poultvvman thru the lieu hn.rul when the birds ar° in full lav. Christ, mas cn;"n 1 r - arp net in it to the enthusiast. Ta>* and feathers -'•« considered a <!<?- reading punishment. I'onl try-keep-ens, however. need to tar and kerosene tlioir perches this .warm. weather, to punish the rod mites, HEALTH HINTS FOR RHEUMATISM. • Diet plays an important part in Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica, Lumbago and kindred complaints. Those > troubled with these diseases should be careful, for some foods encourage the formation of uric acid. Avoid red meat, beer, vinegar, s^ces; use tea :)nd coffee sparingly, and —most important, of all—take iIHEUMO. It I is the one medicine that will quickly and effectually cure ' Rheumatism. Gout, Sciatica. Lumbago, and their attendant evils. The lirst doso of ' KHEUMO Gives relief, and will be found to quickly effect a complete cure. Your chemist or storekeeper sells it. 2s (id and ! ls 6d a bottle. Give it a irial. Pimples Of! m Two Days.—Laxo Tonic Pills removed an unesightly patch of pimples from my face, writes Mrs Sophia Henderson, 12 Reilby Street, Enmore, New South Wales, which for two months had resisted every possible remedy. After trying almost every medicine I finally used axo-Tonic Pills, and) after taking them according to directions, the | pimples began to dry up, and in 48 I hours came away when 1 was washing, ' leaving the skin perfectly clear and ! clean. Obtainable everywhere. BABY BURNT WITH RED HOT IRONS. Mrs Croty, Little Denison Street, i Carrington. N.S.W., writes:—"My little hab, girl, Rita, burnt hoth her hands until they were nearly raw, by picking up a red hot iron. Nothing relieved the' pain until I got Rexoria. This helped her at one© to take away the pain. We have continued! to use it since, and it has cum the terrible burns ia a wonderful manner. Rexona. the El pid Healing Ointment, is sold triangular pots at i