POULTRY NOTES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 13 February 1913, Page 3

POULTRY NOTES.

Messrs Minirie and Gardner, whose premises are t-nc depot Uw the Uillty Egg Circle's eggs, are loud in their praises of the qua hoy of the product .brought in or collected by them from the members. The v;y,e is good, and cleanliness is not neglected, but with regard to tno former members should note that the Wellington agent did not see tit to pass judgement on one lot of "bantam , eggs lately which he received, and sold accordingly. Pride meets with a fall, and greediness is apt to receive like treatment. The present high prices ruling should not tempt persons to market -undersized pullet e (T ° , s. Always remember that tee Circle's aim is to encourage consunu)t'ion of eggs, and quantity as well is an indispensable condition. Last week eggs realised as high « price as Is 8d wholesale in Wellington higher than the writer can recall them ever reaching before during the mouth of February. Judications are not wanting that we may expect a fairly heavy drop again before Hie coming -winter. This is the same old unmethodical maimer of egg -oiling eoiriins; up again ; where are the supplies coming from to warrant a big fall now? We know fowls are going off in their duties and ducks are just about at a standstill. There is to the writer, but. one solution, which we note is aliso the opinion of the > .'A. Times, tha .supplies aw frequently being held back for a rise, and when it does come, so do the eggs into the market, tumbling over each other, ■fresh, 'stale and rotten. Is it any wonder that both producer and consumer are dissatisfied? Another very unsatisfactory business transpired, in Wellington during the recent Christmas period. Eggs were, for that season, unusually cheap, about lid. wholesale, and yet retailers were, in more than one instance .sellinu; out over the counter us lii.rl, a* 2s! ! ! This certainly is not conductive to quick selling and while all will admit the retailer must of necessity make a profit on handling eggs, ' when it comes into the region'of 100 per cent, it is time producers squeaked. The evil does not stop there, for consumers who were charged such ( exhorhit,a/nt rates as this are not likely to be over-eager to purchase again, except in cases of absolute necessity, and. this in conjunction with anticipated heavy back supplies being forced on to. a present, almost bare market will tend to further lower prices. Utility Circle members and others interested are reminded of the annual meeting on Thursday at the Druid's Hall. A full attendance is the best means of furthering the Circle's affairs and, incidentally, the whole industry. Tt is not improbable, that a gentleman from the Lower Hutt will be present to lay before the meeting a. synopsis of 'work that has been going on in his district in connection with the Wellington egg circles, and as wo know that that work should have a. very far reading and improvling effect, from an economic point of view, poultry-keepers are strongly f.dvised to attend in full force.

Writing of anything economic recalls how the writer, in a recent issue of the N.Z. Poultry Journal stated that "Egg Circles were economic reforms only in their infancy" and just lately another ponltryman. in the N.Z. Times, a strong individualist, and apparently anything but a cooperator, says poultrymen should study economics and they would see that Circles were not- the salvation of the industry. "Tis, a strange world, my masters" quoth the bard. Feathers will be hying and lying about all over the, poultry yards just now, rendering both yards and birds unsightlv. Where practicable the feathers' should be s.vept up and burnt as this will check vermin to scniio extent.

Forward pullets should bo now placed in their winter or permanent quarters, having first thoroughly overhauled and cleaned up the houses to contain them. The ground floor will need to be turned over, a spade deep, or better .still, dug out :i spade deep and fresh soil replaced instead. Cover this with a layer of sand and ashes, and spray 'the walls with a strong solution of sheep dip, kerosene, and salt. Any leaks in the roof can bo wisely repaired this month, and not treated on the Irishman's principle, who, on being asked why ■ho did not mend his roof, replied, there was no need in the dry weather, and it was too wet when -it was raining.

Poultrykeepers who have hitherto held aloft from egg circles should now reconsider their position ; attend all or many meetings, in-connection ■with them, institute fresh enquiries from those in the running, and they will soon recognise that a very material advance lias been made since their inauguration, some three years ago, and much more progress would have been the fact if there were more in the Circles and less outside, The Labour Party's main weakness would appear to be want of general or universal conrb'-ation, and the same argument applies to poultr.ykoepers. a not to lio despised section of the world's workers and producers. Unity is strength, division is weakness. Outsiders are losers as well as others. HEALTH HINTS FOR RHEUMATISM.

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