POULTRY CONFERENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 59, 10 March 1921, Page 5

POULTRY CONFERENCE.

" DEMONSTRATIONS THIS EVENING. d ' d ! Further sittings of the Xew Zealand rr Poultry Association's eleventh annual c conference were held at the Cook Street lt Oddfellows' Hall, last evening and r to-day, Mr. S. H. Scott, of Auckland, prel, siding. The papers read at last night's a session. "Brooding Chickens" by Mr. C. n Cussen. Government poultry instructor, c and "The Care of the' Pullet" by Mr. E. n C. Jarrett, Government poultry instrucf tor, were much appreciated. This mornf ing the business was resnraed and the r secretary's report and balance-sheet were „ adopted. For the first time for a eonP siderable period there is a very satisfrcP tor-, halance to credit, and some of the t members expressed the opinion that the Association should decide on some policy r, as to how the money was to \<c employed. !. There was a lot of discussion, and many ] questions were asked, concerning the n wheat allocated by the Board of Trade last year to the Association, at a time „ when the poultrymen were very hard up j for feci, and torn" of the members . lyantod to know- details about the oa's ~- that wore purchased, those who bought ;; wheat being compelled to take a certain number of bags of oats. This afternoon is e.l-.t a business ses _. Finn, an'l this evening there will b« c papers on "Coo 1 . Storage and Pulping ol .■ and "Dressing T 3hle. Poultry." by |. MrT E. W. Griffiths. There will" be j .. demonstration on each subject organiser -. by the Auckland Co-operative Sccietj-.