NOTES ON POULTRY KEEPING.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1728, 2 August 1883, Page 4

NOTES ON POULTRY KEEPING.

13. W. writes in tlic JV. It. Jf/ricn/ho-ist •. —Much lias bron wiittcn on )ioultry, and yet the subject is far fiom being exhausted, if the information requued is applied in the rijjit direction, so as to make poultry keeping and i earing prolitablcto tlic fanner. Oui obsci \ ations are not intended for the bleeder of fancy poultry, who looks to feather and the points for tlic show pen, but to the farmer anil cottager who have an cv.c to ])rofit. We maintain that poultry cm bo made to pay if only oidmaiy attention is paid to their woifnic. When we consider the enormous amount annually sent out of this county for eggb alone that we receive from Inane, Oeimany, Belgium, and Italy, we only woudci how the; f.irmeis and owners of small estates of this conn try do not btiivc to t.\ke to themselves a largo portion of this amount. In addition, the amount in dead poultiy is very eousidei.ible. Why, then, .should we not do as well as our neighbours ? Mon«ieur Menault, wiitinjz; on 'Poultiy in Fiance,' gives statistics of the supply of oggs and poultry. The gross money value estimate of eggs and fowls for the past year reached the enormous total of 337 millions of francs, nearly £14,000,000 sterling — 1.")3\ millions francs for dead poultiy, and 183^ millions francs iov egjis. About one-fouith of this amount was imported into England ; and although it ia a blessing that we can obtain supplies fiom our neighbours, it would reflect more ci edit on our home reBources if we could supply ouisehes. The Board of Tiade retuinsfor the month ending 30th Apiil have been issued. Theie is a considerable incicase in the food bill. The impoits of eggs allow .'in in< i<\ts<> of fuel C(i0,000 cmnpaied with April IBS.'), and the \aluc of dead poultiy (game and labbits included) received is' set down at C-2-UWO, coinpal ed with CIJ),3OS in ISSi These tiguies tell their own tale, and point out j that much as \et to be done before we cease inipoiting our consumption from nbioad. Kumei% as \ inle, consider poultiy as a nuisance and beneath then notice. To ne.eit.un extent they aie light, because objects of greatci impoitauee. occupy their mmds ; but it is the pieiogathe, of the fauuoi'a wife and dautihteis to encom.K'1 1 the bleeding of poultiy, and to | look aftei then w cll-lvim,' ; they would find bcfoie long liow lemuueiathe the nndeitaking hadpiovcd by the sale of their eggs, ohiLkens, ducks, etc. The usefulness ot gallinaceous birds, on a fa! m is admitted, hut they do not fix the attention ol any one in pntticnlar; they aic passed by with indilleionce, although attached to the locality of their birth, which they nc\ei abandon of their own will. Me\citheles3 this love ot home cannot be a tti United to any special attention Ihev leecne, for they ,ne obliged to heck then ow n food m the shape of w onus, insects lan.e, or btmy giain, and vai) often 'J,o to roost biippeiles, evui in ticeb, if the owner has not proMiled a eoveicd ietie.it foi them. Few livinu' animals, subject to domesticity, mi' le.:,s dependent on then ownu th.ilithc heu, She n-cs .it mom and ioo.-U at mulil vitliDUt in-> lutei feicnce. DuiiiiLC t'u <la_\ »!ie loiNi-. nhunt t)ic hirm and fields seeking liei \eiy cMsteiitc l)y puknii,' up tin siatt-ud giain, or diseinbauasMf;; the Uinu'liill oi inyii.uls of inseiti nioie hnittnl than u-eful, tluib pioMHU sin- is at no( \jionhu to tho fanner, I, ut yielding [noiil w Inch can be mei eased in uitio to tlie nimiltcis Kept Thus a f.uin ot :;()(» oi K)0 litad of poulliy would piodini t^'g" 1 ''V th'>'is.mds, (he s.ile of "v\lni;!.is .ilw.iysto lie ensuied ; added to wlneli the teaiing of cliiokeiis, dinks, gns«, and tmkeys would always conilnand a good ami leady sale Am othei annuals on (lie fain> in the. Mine position 'Ceitamly not. They are fid with the best ot loiage, and lioused comfoi (alily at a gieat u\|icnse. Tlicjicn, nioie modest and 11->s LMiit-iit, is satisfied ■with a sin ill jieiih ui'dei am sited. A small space ot a tew inches is sufficient to keep lv.l fiom a numbei of contingeni i' 1 -, wlucli might < oinpioinisc hci CMslelßU it illlV lllODiellt. Seeing tin* L\Liiioidin.ny l.uihty with W'liuli tan In. ic.iud. one is iiuhneil to lillk\c tiny should ineiea«e oveiswheie in \u\ huge piopot tions. It ib not so. K\eiy iainiL'i ouiiht to est.iblish his poultiy said .vu-ouliug to the extent of Ins faun and its dtpendcnciob ; it would never do to go beyond his resouiccs- ; lie ought nt\ei to be put in the position to aivo his poultry extia food the value ot which would surpass qiiv pioduce he iouUI espcLt. Exeliibivelv fed on coinmeiciil giain, poultiy can never pay. Acting accoiding to tins idea, the faimei h i|iiite light to lm\i)lowh in piopoition to the food lie can obtain almost giatuiton&ly. 13ut vlicn the icadei lias- a knowledge of the means, to feed at a veiy low hguie a bud which is oinnixoioiis, lie will be astonished, as wo aie, not to tind paoplo disposed to take up this nidustiy in the face of piotits to be lealisul, if not alone, nt all events as an aecessoi y to something else. We piopo«c in a subsecjuent note to compare the dilTeunt modes of alinien tation foi poultiy. Such an enteipiise taken up and ina»aq< d xuth and based on cconomu al jnmciples, muotdvfy co'iipetition of evcij other animal production. Fowls caponi/t d aic subject to \eiy good piohts. Independently ot all these udvantagis, tlicie i-. another bomec of lenumeiation, vi/, the fcatlieis, which hold an impuilant [>lace wi tliu Lommoicial \\<n\d. AgricuUme has an iiiteicst in promoting the bleeding of ponltiy, for no gi eater fcitih/.er exists than the dioppings ot fowls, which aie considered by many ei|iial to guano ; and, without exng»eiatiiiir the ii ieitihsing \alue, we may put dov/n the piofit at lb a head pei annum. We think we have faiily demonstrated that when poultiy aie rc.ued on a large beale, theie is nothing to biupabs them in point ot piofit.

Evnv r M \icsi iM \i,s _Some days ago (sajbthe fwufft -in (i«(t«n lltflisfd) Mr Bow den, of Winmnowie discoxeted some gigantic bones of animals in .1 tank 1 1 ft from the sutfacc. and sonic in a well at a depth of (nil. T\\l'\ \\eiu '-out by him to the inn •emu ; .uid the ciiuitor, Dv Jln.ike, states th.it tliey .tie, lie thinks, the hones of ;i giyantu; and e\titiLt species of UMisnpiiil, and hi* does not know vhetlici any of the Mine soit have ever been di'-coseied beloie. Lt is impowble ioi' him to s.is what kind of animal they belong to, .'Hid thcie aieveiy leu skeleton :> in the mii'-emii that llie bones disun cml could be eonipaiul with. He is howciei, pi ctt.Y ceiUm that it {•• -m .ininial quite u.ikunwn, but will take ca&ts ot the bones and send them to Sir Kichaid Owen, at Jjoihloii, vhoso leputation on the subject is w oil know n. Kvrs and Mi< k - It yon wish to ilc.strov tlicii- Rft .1 j).nkit ofUni'sM \(.it Jvii 1 1 u in jjk kcts, Gi\ "kl. .md 1«., to 1»> i)lit,mn-(l ot.ili sioii'krcjHMs, m liom 1 I!. Jim byenrldsini; .in i \ti.i si uiij) Lin: in tulDi'su— Tima \nd ISow.— ll is KiMii'i.illy snpixjsdl il..it in ilr> bush «c li nc t/< put ti|» with iii.iim diM«ml<nls .mil pin.ilioMv in llieslnpo ol toijul Inmn 1 1> ll - w - ls s0 > ll>ll mm, tli inks in 1 M Him, who Ims himself dwelt in Ihe hush, if mod does i misist chiefly of ininuliwMtshi'.s.oioMAi S\v«i }, r i\i<s l<> them •uiiost ililci t.iliU- 11 iMMii, lii.ikniK thc-m as well of the i)l liiifst loud mo-t ti v>\ iblo, and instead as hard bisi uif. ami nulij;' siibh- d.unpci his Iml'KOVl O COIOM U Ji\MN(. I'IIWDIR lll.lkcs the vi-iyhcst bicid, sloiils, < ike*., and paMrr f.n superior and moie. \\holtsome th.m -ii-.ist or le.noii. Sold bj .ill stouUepeis who tan obtain it frnin an) mrrrh.int in Auckland. You will do Mull to furnish youv house fiom Garlttk and Cranwell's. llu-y have now the most complete I'uinishin^ Waiehoube in A«cklii"l fuitiitutc to suit all classes, good Mr- >£, .mA di< ap. Ihcv li.im- lapesti) Carpets „.)nl2^ {dpti jaid, Jli usst'ls from .is lid per yard. Linoleum liom •!> »'l to • r 'S, Oil Cloths from Is Oilto 4s Oil ]icr jard, yooil 12 feet wide Oil (Jollis at :Ss lid per vtid Immense assortment of Iron Rn'.bieads from Infjnts' Cots to 5 feet wide h.ilf-U'Su-r liedsle.ids. Double iion l!cdFUads fiom 2."i>. ibO J'.cdsiends in stocktoselect irom. ]ieddin«s ot .ill kinds and sizes kept in readiness. i)inin-,', Silting, Drawing-room furniture, and .md a large assortment of Manchester and Furnishing Goods, it.ch'dinff a lot of Cretonnes. Hook Catalogiies sent free to intending purchasers. Garlick and Cranwcjl, City Hall Arcade, Queen-ytrcet, Auckland! .