THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 57, 14 April 1914, Page 5

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

BETTER METHODS. Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 14. The fourth annual conference of the New Zealand Poultry Association opened " to-day. Forty-delegates were present, Mr S. Brittain (Bulls) presiding. The Mayor welcomed the delegates, and expressed appreciation of the work the association was doing in encouraging the production of poultry and eggs of the highest quality. Referring to the British and American markets, he said that it was most important if New Zealand' wished to secure and retain those markets that its products should be of the finest quality, and that the growers should be scrupulously honest in their dealings. The annual report commented ypon the improved outlook for the industry and upon the adoption by growers of more modern methods of marketing poultry and eggs. The report estimated the annual losses by bad marketing methods at £50,000 in the matter of eggs, and £25,000 in poultry for the table, and urged that some better system of instruction by the Government should be instituted to help to reduce those losses.